Vancouver Veterans

The stories of Jewish Soviet veterans of the second world war. Click the links for videos and interviews.

Sheil Barkin

Born 1923 Daugavpils, Lithuania
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Yakov Chudnovsky

Born June 15, 1926 Pavlovsky Posad (Moscow Suburb), Soviet Union
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia

Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Medal For Liberation of Warsaw and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Yurii Iakren

Born March 3 1924 Saratov, Soviet Union
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Victor Perchuk

Born August 28, 1924 Odessa, Ukraine
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Order of the Red Star, Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War and Nakhimov Medal

Iosif Kabanovski

Born 1927 Soviet Union
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class), Order of the Red Star, Medal For Capture of Berlin, Medal For Capture of Konigsberg and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Grigori Voiler

Born 1926 Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

Anatoly Schwartzman

Born January 23, 1926 Odessa, Ukraine
Interviewed In: Vancouver, British Columbia
Medals Awarded: Order of the Patriotic War (1st and 2nd Class) and Victory over Germany In The Great Patriotic War

The interviews with Russian Jewish Children of the War was conducted by: Atid Bamidbar Organization in 2016